ben
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You only have to go back a few generations in my family to find Irish people forced to leave their homeland because British colonialism manufactured a famine and made it impossible to stay. It destroyed the region I descend from.
It's the literal reason I'm English.
It's the literal reason I'm English.
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
You only have to go back a few generations in my family to find Irish people forced to leave their homeland because British colonialism manufactured a famine and made it impossible to stay. It destroyed the region I descend from.
It's the literal reason I'm English.
It's the literal reason I'm English.
leeds gift ideas 🧵
(trying to focus on local creators and institutions, I'm sure I'll miss some classics)
(trying to focus on local creators and institutions, I'm sure I'll miss some classics)
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
leeds gift ideas 🧵
(trying to focus on local creators and institutions, I'm sure I'll miss some classics)
(trying to focus on local creators and institutions, I'm sure I'll miss some classics)
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"In space nobody can hear you stream."
trying to figure out where the Netflix/Warners thing fits within the Alien:Earth canon
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"In space nobody can hear you stream."
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Today I met Tony, a local postman who's served our community for over five years.
It’s time to bring Royal Mail into public ownership so the service is available to all and everyone gets a Tony of their own!
Over the busy Christmas period, make sure you thank your postie!
It’s time to bring Royal Mail into public ownership so the service is available to all and everyone gets a Tony of their own!
Over the busy Christmas period, make sure you thank your postie!
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today I met Tony, a local postman who's served our community for over five years.
It’s time to bring Royal Mail into public ownership so the service is available to all and everyone gets a Tony of their own!
Over the busy Christmas period, make sure you thank your postie!
It’s time to bring Royal Mail into public ownership so the service is available to all and everyone gets a Tony of their own!
Over the busy Christmas period, make sure you thank your postie!
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Chia pet still going strong
December 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Chia pet still going strong
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Made myself a little spot to sit in where I can read, space out, whatever. Listen to birds, maybe.
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Made myself a little spot to sit in where I can read, space out, whatever. Listen to birds, maybe.
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Once again thinking about every actor trying to justify taking the money for the new HP series.
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Once again thinking about every actor trying to justify taking the money for the new HP series.
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Me, bracing myself for the seventh customer service representative in a never-ending Escher maze of a phone tree in order to pick up my prescribed meds in a timely manner: please…I need them…to do exactly this……..
December 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Me, bracing myself for the seventh customer service representative in a never-ending Escher maze of a phone tree in order to pick up my prescribed meds in a timely manner: please…I need them…to do exactly this……..
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one of the big national news stories in New Zealand right now: the country's first Ikea is opening, and everyone's embarrassed it's national news, but here we are
Ikea-geddon live updates: There’s a giant dancing Ikea meatball
For the past six years, New Zealand has waited. Now the day has finally come.
thespinoff.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
one of the big national news stories in New Zealand right now: the country's first Ikea is opening, and everyone's embarrassed it's national news, but here we are
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Man I am getting mad and exhausted having to explain fake animal videos made by AI to my parents, who think they just found a funny video. Always a weird dance of “how do I explain this and not make them feel stupid”
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Man I am getting mad and exhausted having to explain fake animal videos made by AI to my parents, who think they just found a funny video. Always a weird dance of “how do I explain this and not make them feel stupid”
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Character/armor design commish
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Character/armor design commish
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"I'm being paid the same now, when I make 500 shirts a day, as I did when I made 50 shirts a day. Where the fuck is the money going?"
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"I'm being paid the same now, when I make 500 shirts a day, as I did when I made 50 shirts a day. Where the fuck is the money going?"
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
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"AI Is Gonna Eventually Eat Itself... Like When We Fed Cows With Cows And Got Mad Cow Disease".
"AI Is Gonna Eventually Eat Itself... Like When We Fed Cows With Cows And Got Mad Cow Disease"
Rockstar founder Dan Houser talks AI
www.timeextension.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"AI Is Gonna Eventually Eat Itself... Like When We Fed Cows With Cows And Got Mad Cow Disease".
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This game is perfect. Does exactly what it says it does. No endless list of features. No tiring gameplay loops. Just you flying around as a bird.
store.steampowered.com/app/1539580/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1539580/...
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This game is perfect. Does exactly what it says it does. No endless list of features. No tiring gameplay loops. Just you flying around as a bird.
store.steampowered.com/app/1539580/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1539580/...
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do you think they are related to labubus somehow
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
do you think they are related to labubus somehow
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“I just have concerns about fairness in sport” - no, you don’t. There’s nothing fair about elite sports. You’re just looking for post hoc justification because we give you the ick
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“I just have concerns about fairness in sport” - no, you don’t. There’s nothing fair about elite sports. You’re just looking for post hoc justification because we give you the ick
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I think AI slop is going to ruin the internet as we know it. So many search results are now AI. Articles, videos, images, fake AI. You just feel like giving up when it happens.
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I think AI slop is going to ruin the internet as we know it. So many search results are now AI. Articles, videos, images, fake AI. You just feel like giving up when it happens.
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Opened my Instagram stories and there’s Willow Smith over in Los Angeles lip synching a middle aged Limerick mans experience of maintaining friendships while being autistic
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Opened my Instagram stories and there’s Willow Smith over in Los Angeles lip synching a middle aged Limerick mans experience of maintaining friendships while being autistic
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It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
remember that your ring doorbell starts using face recognition on every face it sees today :)
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
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This is how @pizzaslut.bsky.social and I flirt
December 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is how @pizzaslut.bsky.social and I flirt
new just stop oil?
Netherlands news: a box of LEGO fell off the back of a truck, causing 11 kilometers / 6 miles of traffic jam.
www.nu.nl/binnenland/6...
www.nu.nl/binnenland/6...
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
new just stop oil?
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My winter form
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My winter form
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Sharing some of my favourite smear frames in my handmade game, Scrabdackle! It's coming out TUESDAY! Dec 2! Would love if y'all took a look! 😊💙
store.steampowered.com/app/1578720/...
#game #videogame #indiegame #cutegame #animation
store.steampowered.com/app/1578720/...
#game #videogame #indiegame #cutegame #animation
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Sharing some of my favourite smear frames in my handmade game, Scrabdackle! It's coming out TUESDAY! Dec 2! Would love if y'all took a look! 😊💙
store.steampowered.com/app/1578720/...
#game #videogame #indiegame #cutegame #animation
store.steampowered.com/app/1578720/...
#game #videogame #indiegame #cutegame #animation
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kayin.moe/baby-steps
Wasn't expecting to do a more full writeup but whatever, here's Baby Steps, talking about Hiking, Climbing, and Being a Fucking Loser.
Wasn't expecting to do a more full writeup but whatever, here's Baby Steps, talking about Hiking, Climbing, and Being a Fucking Loser.
Kayinworks - Game Journal: Baby Steps
I've been a pretty consistent fan of Bennett Foddy's work. I love Getting Over It to the point where I got a Gold Pot by accident, just by casually playing over and over again. I've even had the pleas...
kayin.moe
October 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
kayin.moe/baby-steps
Wasn't expecting to do a more full writeup but whatever, here's Baby Steps, talking about Hiking, Climbing, and Being a Fucking Loser.
Wasn't expecting to do a more full writeup but whatever, here's Baby Steps, talking about Hiking, Climbing, and Being a Fucking Loser.